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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE

JOSEPH LEWIS FARIA

     Introduced By: Representatives Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Chippendale, Giraldo, Diaz,
Voas, Shallcross Smith, Newberry, Kennedy, and Edwards

     Date Introduced: April 20, 2023

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Joseph Faria was born in Madeira, Portugal, the son of Manuel and Maria

Faria. He emigrated to the United States at a young age, and lived most of his life in the

Blackstone Valley, first in Central Falls and later in Lincoln. He was the beloved husband of

Virginia Faria; and

     WHEREAS, The Honorable Joseph Faria was elected to the Rhode Island House of

Representatives in November of 1990, and served with distinction from 1991 to 2006. He rose

through the ranks to become the Chair of the House Labor Committee; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Faria was a hard-working man who strove daily to provide for his

family and loved ones. He was an active member of the Teamsters, Local 251 for many years. He

was self-employed and the owner of Quality Gym Service for forty years; and

     WHEREAS, In addition to his wife, Virginia, he leaves behind his daughters, Alicia

Pinto and her husband, Michael, Robin Miguel and her husband, Auguest, Kimberly Faria, and

Jo-Ann Marino Turner and her husband, John, his grandchildren, Michael Pinto, Alyssa Miguel,

Brenna Pinto, and Steven and Allana Marino, and his great-grandson Michael Anthony Pinto. He

is also survived by his sisters, Cecile Torres and Carmen Cartier, and several nieces and nephews;

now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby

expresses its deepest condolences on the passing of the Honorable Joseph Lewis Faria; and be it

further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mrs. Virginia Faria and Family.

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